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Manhattan’s borough president and a former mayoral aide propose a plan to get more New Yorkers their boosters.
NYT ^ | March 16, 2022 | Ashley Wong

Posted on 03/16/2022 11:11:24 AM PDT by conservative98

Mark Levine, the Manhattan borough president, and Dr. Jay Varma, a top health adviser to former Mayor Bill de Blasio, called on the city on Wednesday for a plan to encourage New Yorkers to get their booster shots and protect residents from any future waves of the coronavirus.

The suggested plan is driven by the potential threat of a new variant, which could cause a fresh rise in cases and hospitalizations and the need for more “forceful” action, Dr. Varma said.

The plan also comes as Mayor Eric Adams has been aggressively promoting efforts to recover the city’s economy in recent weeks, removing the vaccination mandate for indoor activities and mask mandates for schools. The mayor has also been encouraging tourists to visit New York, telling people at a recent news conference in Times Square to come and “spend money.”

If the plan were to be adopted, New Yorkers who have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine but have yet to get a booster will receive a text, an email and a postcard with a location and an appointment to get the shots. The plan also suggests reinstating the $100 incentive for receiving the booster shot, a program that was introduced by Mr. de Blasio and reintroduced by Mr. Adams in February, although it expired at the end of the month.

“I am thrilled at the progress we’ve made in the past two months and exhilarated by the increasing return to normal life in New York City,” Mr. Levine said in an interview. “We need this.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: booster; defundthepolice; ericadams; newyork; newyorkcity; vaccine

1 posted on 03/16/2022 11:11:24 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98
Here's a NY politician booster:


2 posted on 03/16/2022 11:14:14 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
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To: conservative98

Didn’t they get the message? We’ve switched to world war now.


3 posted on 03/16/2022 11:17:16 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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To: conservative98

They need to STOP!


4 posted on 03/16/2022 11:19:16 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: conservative98

MIT scientist warns of major brain damage to kids from COVID shots
thinkcivics.com ^ | January 18, 2022 | THINKCIVICS NEWSWIRE

Posted on 3/16/2022, 10:49:55 AM by ransomnote


5 posted on 03/16/2022 11:22:12 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: ransomnote

Major Brain Damage? - So these shots are turning kids into Democrats?


6 posted on 03/16/2022 11:24:49 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: conservative98

From the stats I’m seeing, given that the shots lose efficacy over time and using the CDC’s numbers, it looks like most people would have to be considered unvaccinated at this point.


7 posted on 03/16/2022 11:29:19 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: OHPatriot

These shots are killing people.


8 posted on 03/16/2022 11:30:19 AM PDT by seabeeson
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To: conservative98

cause it never occurred to them, people just don’t want it...


9 posted on 03/16/2022 11:31:47 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: conservative98

“the potential threat of a new variant, which could cause a fresh rise in cases”

...”potential” my arse. It’s already in the works I’m sure. So many liars weaving so many webs.


10 posted on 03/16/2022 11:33:43 AM PDT by albie
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To: conservative98

This is a ‘just in case’ booster shot.

But, they could convince people to get their booster shots by ‘giving’ them an incentive of around $5,000 per individual and $10,000 per family.


11 posted on 03/16/2022 11:35:58 AM PDT by adorno
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To: conservative98
"Mark Levine, the Manhattan borough president, and Dr. Jay
Varma, a top health adviser to former Mayor Bill de
Blasio, called on the city on Wednesday for a plan to
encourage New Yorkers to get their booster shots and
protect residents from any future waves of the coronavirus."

Good!
Make sure they are all hard-core leftist Obama/Biden supporters.
And give them triple the usual dosage.
We wouldn't want them getting sick.
They're needed to vote this November.

12 posted on 03/16/2022 11:49:59 AM PDT by StormEye
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To: conservative98

I am willing to get these dangerous vaxxes—but my price is one million dollars.

That indemnifies me against the health risk.


13 posted on 03/16/2022 11:51:37 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: adorno

“This is a ‘just in case’ booster shot.”

but getting it NOW instead if/when a new “variant” arrives, any putative protection will be long gone ... pretty much like getting a flu shot in june ... so the whole “plan” is insane to start with ...


14 posted on 03/16/2022 11:51:38 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: conservative98

Dem “leadership” in NYC is now officially schizo: please, please, please come back to NYC and go about biz as normal ‘cause we dropped vax mandates (sorta, unless you play for a home sports team at home), but rest assured, as soon as you settle in, “boosters” will be forcefully mandated every couple of months forever ...


15 posted on 03/16/2022 11:56:27 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: conservative98

LOL.. is the Japanese coming out of the caves 10 years after WWII has ended.


16 posted on 03/16/2022 1:21:38 PM PDT by freespirit2012
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To: conservative98
From the article: ...and protect residents from any future waves of the coronavirus...

Yeah, the shot that didn't protect them from the earlier variants of COVID-1984 is going to protect them from the next one.

Yeah, that's the ticket.

17 posted on 03/16/2022 3:23:37 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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